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type: "Bill"
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title: "Limited Transferability Of College Credits Notice"
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description: "The act requires all non-regionally-accredited higher education institutions to provide incoming students with an enrollment agreement before the student enrolls. The agreement must include information about where students can obtain statewide credit for prior learning and a notice explaining that individual credits obtained at the non-regionally-accredited higher institution may not transfer to other colleges or universities in certain circumstances. The act does not apply to private occupational schools."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2023A"
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identifier: "SB 23-281"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-281 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d7312b-bbac-4017-a137-53d65b8aa1f7"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-281"
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source_hash: "9441419eda25951d8fcfef1fb2dacd041fda941329b93fce19b926cf3fb3ea0e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 23-281 (2023A) — Limited Transferability Of College Credits Notice
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The act requires all non-regionally-accredited higher education institutions to provide incoming students with an enrollment agreement before the student enrolls. The agreement must include information about where students can obtain statewide credit for prior learning and a notice explaining that individual credits obtained at the non-regionally-accredited higher institution may not transfer to other colleges or universities in certain circumstances. The act does not apply to private occupational schools.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb281_h_ed_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_281_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_281_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_281_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_281_s_ed_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_281_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_281_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_281_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_281_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
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- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2d7312b-bbac-4017-a137-53d65b8aa1f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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